Terri Wilder

Twenty-Seven Years of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future

By Terri L. Wilder, M.S.W.

January 1, 2008

27 Years at a Glance

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2006. The first annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is held in the United States.

Regan Hofmann becomes the first female editor-in-chief of POZ magazine. She's also living with HIV.

The report "Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS" is released by the Center for Women's Global Leadership. The report focuses on the points of intersection in the social, political and public health crises of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. It uses a human rights lens to focus on critical political challenges and on innovative strategies used by activists worldwide as they respond to the links between violence and HIV/AIDS.

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This article was provided by Terri Wilder. It is a part of the publication Twenty-Seven Years of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future.

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